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FENCE.

No. 508,889. Patented Nov. 14, 1893.

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FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 508,889, dated November 14, 1893.

Application lednpni 18,1893.

.To a/ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLOUGHBY NEWTON LANE,a citizen of the United States, residing at Mount Sterling, in the county of Montgomery and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Fence, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in fences.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of wire fences, and to provide one in which lthe wires may 4readily be maintained at the desired tension, and which will permit the necessary contraction and expansion without breaking the wires or loosening them.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter Vfully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

` In the drawings--Figure 1 is a perspective' view of a fence constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional View of one end of the fence.

Like numerals of reference indicate corre. spending parts in both the figures of the drawings. y

1 and 2 designate end frames, each of Vwhich is composed of an end post 3, an upright 4, and an inclined brace, 5,' extending upward from the upright to the end post and having its ends beveledaand4 arranged in recesses of the post and the upright. The upper ends of the post and the upright are connected by a horizontal tie-rod 6 having its'ends threaded and passing through the post and the upright and; secured to them by nuts 7. The lower ends of the posts 3 are provided with bases 8, which are arranged in the ground and extend from opposite sides of the posts. Each of the end posts is provided with a vertical series of perforations 9; and the post of the end frame 2 has secured to it the adjacent ends of wires 1l, which are provided with a series of intermediatecompensating springs 10,whereby the fenc'ewires are permitted to expand and contract without becoming Vloose orV being broken.

The fence is supported at intervals by intermediate posts l2 and stays 13, the latter `Serial No. 470,884. (No model.)

being wired to the fence wires by ties 14.

The fence posts 12 are iixed in the ground the chain and arranged against the outer face of the adjacent end post 3. The shafts are j ournaled in suitable bearings of parallel vertical bars 18 which are fixed in the ground 'and provided with bases, and which are separated from the adjacent end post by hori- Zontal blocks 19 provided in their outer ends with recesses 2Oy to receive the bars. The shafts may be of any desired construction and may have integral crank handles, o1' be is secured to the adjacent post by any suit'- able means similarly tothe lower one; and the upper ends of-the vertical bars are retained in the recesses of the upper block by stay wires 23 arranged above and below the block and encircling the end post and the uprights. A

It will be seen that the fence is simple and comparatively inexpensive in construction, that it is positive and reliable, and that the fence wires may be drawn to the desired tension and maintained thereat without liability of their breaking or becoming loose by con` traction or expansion due tothe heat of summer and the cold of winter.

Changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

The compensating springs may be either extension or compression springs, and whenl the` latter are employed, the Wires extend through them and are secured to the farthery ends thereof as shown in the drawings.

What I claim is- In a fence, the combination of an end post provided with a series of perforations, fence wires, horizontal blocks secured to the outer face of the fence post and provided with recesses, vertical bars arranged parallel and fitting in the recesses and provided with se- 

